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Mcafee Releases Consumer Identity Theft Protection

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Posted 04 August 2006 - 03:05 PM

<img src='/images/comp_logos/mcafee.gif' style='float:right' vspace='8' hspace='8'> <b>McAfee Releases Market-Leading Consumer Identity Theft Protection in New Products Now Available for Download.<br /> <br /> Industry's First 'Safe Search' Protection Available With McAfee SiteAdvisor.</b><br /><br />Source: McAfee, Inc. <br /> Press Release<br /> Tuesday August 1, 8:05 am ET<br /> <br /> SANTA CLARA, Calif., August 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- McAfee, Inc., (NYSE: MFE - News) the global leader in intrusion prevention and security risk management, today announced that it has addressed consumers' concern for identity theft protection as well as social engineering attacks including spyware, spam and other malicious programs with the release of its next- generation security service suites now available for download at http://www.mcafee.com . <br /><br /> <div class='newslinks'><img src='http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/public/style_images/1/cs_page.gif'> <b>Link: <a href='http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060801/sftu092.html?.v=60' target='_blank'><font color='red'>Complete Article Here</font></a><br />

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Posted 04 August 2006 - 03:08 PM

I think it is great of them to release something like this, as with all the identity theft these days... :thumbsup:
And thanks for the news report, Scarlett :flowers:

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This post has been edited by Djk: 04 August 2006 - 03:46 PM

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Posted 05 August 2006 - 02:11 AM

Thanks for the link Scarlett, However im having trouble finding the download link..can someone please address me to the direct page? And also looking around I found McAfee SiteAdvisor and seems pretty good.
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Posted 05 August 2006 - 11:57 AM

Professional

McAfee® Internet Security Suite and McAfee Total Protection™, are the products mentioned in that article. If you go to the McAfee site in Scarlett's post, you will find dead center of the home page is red text that says 8-in-1 Protection for Home Users. It is directly underneath the "Site Advisor" blue box. Click on that.

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Posted 05 August 2006 - 08:56 PM

lol

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Posted 06 August 2006 - 11:30 AM

No problem, Professional, glad to be of help. Also glad you saw the humor in my reply. :thumbsup:

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